Show-case.



A. REINLE.

SHOW CASE.

APPLICATION FILED 001129, 1909.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

INVENTOR iuaus? l'iE/NLE ATTORNE Y8 SHDW-OAElE.

Specification of Letters Itctent. Application filed October 29, 1909.

Patented lllar. 2%, 1914). Serial No. 525.317.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, AUGUST Rnnzns, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Show Cases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in show cases such for instance as theordinary inside show cases, outside show cases. and cases in the form ofshow windows and the like; and the invention consists in certain novelconstruct-ions and combinations of parts as will he hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawing Figure l is a perspective view at a show case embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a detail cross section showing; the jointbetween two abutting plates. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective viewillustrating the channel strip with a somewhat different term ofundercut groove in its upper side. e is a cross section showing achannel strip of the form shown in Fig. 2 with a plurality of undercutgrooves and Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustrating a channel strip ofthe form. shown in F ig. 3 with a plurality of undercut grooves.

In carrying out my invention, 1 provide a channel strip A which fitsover the edge of the glass plate B and is connected with the undersurface of the glass plate C in a manner more fully describedhereinafter. lIu securing the channel strip A to the glass plate B, Iemploy cement D within the channel strip and securing the same inconnection with the glass plate. In doing this, the cement will adherestrongly to the glass plate B and will harden within the channel strip Aand in order to secure the channel strip from displacement, 1 form thesaid strip with means to interlock with the cement in such manner thatwhen the cement hardens the channel strip cannot .he pulled, oil of thecement and the cement by strongly ad hering to the plate B will unitethe channel strip firmly in connection with the plate B as desired. Incarrying out this feature of my invention the side Wings A of thechannel strip have their free edges at it? deflected inwardly to bearagainst the sides of the glass plate B and to underlie the side portionsof the cement D. It will be noticed that the said side wings extend fora short distance along the side of the plate B before they are deflectedinwardly forming re-- ceptacles in which the side portions of the 1 l ll l l l l l l l cement l) are received so that the lower free edgesot'the side wine's underlie the cement and prevent any displacement ofthe channel strips.

Instead 0t securing the interlocking connection in the manner heterodescribed, I may interlock the cement and channel strip by forming thestrip with a longitudinal under cut groove or corrugation A in its upperside. the said undercut groove or corrugation fitting within the cementso that the cement will interlock therewith, the corrugations bring"undercut as before described and as shown in Figs. 2 to 5 of thedrawings: but it is preferred to secure this interlocked connectionbetween the channel strip and" the cement lay both the side wingformation and the undercut corrugation, as shown, thereby i secure adouble interlock and connection between the channelstrip and the cementat four different. points, that is to say at. the free edges of bothwings and on opposite sides of the longitudinal corrugation which formsthe undercut groove in the upper face ortop plate A of the channelstrip. This longitudinal undercut groove in the u ier face of thechannel strio has theadditional function of securing an inter locked.connection between the channel strap and the plate 0 whose face isconnected with the top plate of the channel strip. In doing this, thecement E which operates to connect the plate C with the channel stripfits in the undercut groove at ri whichv operates to key the cement tothe channel strip as will he understood from the drawing. In thisconstruction it will also he noticed the longitudinal undercutcorrugation. bears in the assembled position of the parts against theedge of the plate B and steadies and reinforces the channel. strip inits position when applied. i fhile the cement E may he utilized inconnecting the channel strip directly with the surface of the pla e C,it; may he prcLte able in some instances, especially where des. ed forthe purposes of repair or replacing glass, to employ in forming; theconnection between the channel strip and the plate an intermediatefacing; l which may he of heavy paper, double faced /Vindso-r cloth orother material which can be easily split 1" separated a saw or knife.Such an at F in Fig. and is united to the channel stripji by the cementE and a separate layenot cement G secures the sheet F to theintermediate sheet is shown too under surface of H10 into C, thesown-aids,- sheet F thus; forming a part of rho (MEMPH- finiii'ili H i,lili -v. r :00

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